(Barbant) who was a Filles du Roi. It is said that Marie had a dowry of 200 livres. These women came to New France to marry and help populate the new land. This was arranged and sponsored by Louis XIV.Jean died September 30, 1687 in an attack by the Iroquois on the little parish of St. Louis. He was the lone churchwarden of the area. I have found four children from this marriage.

I found the wine label above on the internet. It marked the 300 year anniversary of Jean's death. The photo was credited to Labatts Brewery. I contacted the company and they directed me to the archivist for Labatts. She said to email her the picture and she would see what she could find but I never heard back from her.

Pretty cool about the wine label. It's odd what you can find once you are in research mode. My GGrandfather worked on a mail boat as a steam engineer. The mail boat worked on the Detroit River and I found a picture of the very mail boat. It's nice to find the little tidbits of info for our ancestors. No matter how small I treasure it all.